The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-04
BETTER AND BRIGHTER.
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRATS READY
AND EAGER FOR THE FRAY.
Reasons Which Justify a Close Observer
in Predicting that the Democrats
Will Surely Win Against All Com
binations.

New York Special To the CourcrJournal.
II is looking better and brighter for our
side in New York daily When | say our
side mean the Cleveland side, the Hill
side and the Democratic side. So you see
there is but one side 10 the question here,
and all good Democrats stand side by side
Oh that side. ! don't see how these Re
publicans and mugwumps can beat our
side next Tuesday. The Courier-Joumars
"chel's amang' all sides taking notes
and listening TO the talks. have listened
TO Chairman Murphy, Of the State Demo
| cratic committee; To Judge Miller, the law
partner Of Gov. HILL to Richard Croker
Of Tammany hail. to Judge Maurice Power
OF the county Democracy; 60 "Me-roo"
Plat, oil the boss Republican machine;
TO Henry George, the great apostle
of the labor men, and TO u hundred or
more lesser lights in the grand political
combination now schcming in New York
for supremacy. OF couSe the Republicans
say that they are going TO carry the state,
and the reason they giNcfor the belief that
IL not in them, IL that the Henry George
vote will take 10000. votes from the Demo-
Gratis, George says that nc will poll lOO,-
600 votes in New York, and think il he
polls Ga, 900 he will he doing mighty well.
The Democrats can give George that many
votes and then elect their State ticket
The fact about the matter is that the labor
vote OF New York will draw nearly evenly
from the two great parties. II is case of
starving ON one side and awfully hungry
\ on the other. My candid belief is that the
vote OF the George party, the Social party
and the Prohibition party will just about
weigh out even. may see thingsin a diff
fercnt light from this later, but with my
present information | am convinced that
this view Of the situation IL the correct
one.
II this is the correct view the Democrats
will carry the State 10y from $1,000 10 90
600 plurality. base this estimate on the
following grounds:
/. There is in New York, and there
always has been, large and independent
| class OF voters who vote 10 sustain the
| party in power, IL the party in power
| happens 10 bc doing u clean thing, and
business is pretty good and things general
| ly going along smoothly. This class In
! New York this year can, with almost u
! certainty, he counted io vote for the
Democratic ticket. The voting for the
Democratic ticket is an endorsement Of
clean and honest State and national al
minstrations. Then President Cleveland
is very strong with this class. They know
him Ia be clean and homes, man, who has
given the country an economical and bust
ncss-likc administration: and they know
that Mr. Cleveland is deeply interested in
his party carrying his State this fall, aud,
knowing this, they will vote for the Dcyo-
cratic ticket rs AN indOrcmcnt oi Nlr
Cleveland, II nothing more. Indeed. il il
dollars 10 cents that the business, indie
pendent class Of citizens will vote ~ stated.
,. The Germans Of New York arr largely
Tor the Democrats this fall. Many of them
who voted for Blaine in 1884 will vote the
Democratic State ticket TUESDAY. ! am
told that in Buffalo alone the Democrats
will gain 5000 German Republican votes,
aud hear cquallyRs cheering reports from
other parts oi the State. Mr.. Muller csti.
mates gain Of 5000 votes from the Ger
man ranks alone, and other prominent
members Of the committee make estimates
quite ~ large.
There does not seem "a bc any good rca,
son 20 doubt that these claims are correct.
We all know that our good German friends
always vote with the party that treats
them the best got myself in n big row
over in Indiana in 1870 10y writing an open
letter. in which stated that the Germans,
rs a class, didn' care a snap for party az
politics. ~ their rights and privileges were
not molcstcd. My German friends kicked
like wolves over the assertion, hut IL was,
nevertheless, true statement. The Ger
mans only ask the government 10 do two
| Al. Nuts 80
financial policy aud enact no sumptuary
laws, and eight Germans out Of ten will
vote Tor the party that carries ont thcs'
principles. Now, in New York, ~ else.
where, the Democratic party has proven
itself friend Of the Germans and their
Constitutions, and consequently IL gOcs
without saving that the party will get the
German support at the ballot box this
year. The Germans arr not unguicful
and they generally know In what party
their best friends can bc found.
do not think Col. Fred Grant will run
much ahead Of his ticket. Fred Cook, ia,
Democratic candidate, Is iint class man
and exceedingly popular With the masses
especially the Germans. Col. Grant vii
doubtless receive number ot persona
votes in this city from old Democratic
friends Oi his father, and II n not likcl,
that lac will bc elected without the Demo
cratic State ticket is beaten.
The World, which started out only L
support Nicoll, the Republican candidate
ioT district attorney, is now throwing colo
water on the entire Democratic ticket. Tn
, result IL that the Democrats are greatly IN
) ccnsed against the World, and are swear
, ing all SORTS of vengeance. II IN admittc'
. here ON all sides that the World has mad
/ a big mistake, and that Il hns badly Grip
: Piled itself. The Herald supports the en-
tire Democratic State and county tickle
4 with the exception Of Mr. Cook for Seer,
i tary ri State. The lIcnldis for Col. Grant
! The sun and star are for straight Dcmt
crate tickets. and the Tribune and Time
] fnr the Rpnublicun ticket